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Re: acidic << Hasidic

That one is a tart addition to the pantheon. For North Americans, there is another likely confusion: the Hadassic Jews. Hadassah is an American Jewish volunteer women’s organization. Among other works, it organizes the Hadassah Bazaar to raise money (“education for the young, and medication for the old,” a member once told me).

Re: acidic << Hasidic

David Bird wrote:

Hadassah is an American Jewish volunteer women’s organization. Among other works, it organizes the Hadassah Bazaar to raise money (“education for the young, and medication for the old,” a member once told me).

Undoubtedly named for Queen Esther, whose Hebrew (or Aramaic?) name was Hadassah. “Esther”, an Indo-European (Persian) name, is cognate with star , I believe.

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